Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Movie Details

Original Title Fried Green Tomatoes

Original Language EN

Budget $11,000,000

Revenue $119,418,501

Status Released

Popularity 3.3

Cast

Kathy Bates

Evelyn Couch

Popularity: 2.3

Jessica Tandy

Ninny Threadgoode

Popularity: 10.8

Mary-Louise Parker

Ruth Jamison

Popularity: 4.5

Mary Stuart Masterson

Idgie Threadgoode

Popularity: 1.9

Cicely Tyson

Sipsey

Popularity: 0.6

Stan Shaw

Big George

Popularity: 10.9

Chris O'Donnell

Buddy Threadgoode

Popularity: 1.3

Gailard Sartain

Ed Couch

Popularity: 11.0

Timothy Scott

Smokey Lonesome

Popularity: 8.8

Gary Basaraba

Grady Kilgore

Popularity: 2.0

Lois Smith

Mama Threadgoode

Popularity: 11.6

Jo Harvey Allen

Woman's Awareness Teacher

Popularity: 4.3

Key Crew

Director Jon Avnet

Screenplay Carol Sobieski, Fannie Flagg

Executive Producer Norman Lear, Andrew Meyer, Anne Marie Gillen

Producer Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner

Editor Debra Neil-Fisher

Production

Universal Pictures

Act III Productions

Avnet/Kerner Productions

Electric Shadow Productions

Fried Green Tomatoes Productions

Videos & Trailers

Fried Green Tomatoes | Idgie Saves Ruth From Her Abusive Husband | 30th Anniversary Extended Preview

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Cinemoments: Fried Green Tomatoes

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Reviews from TMDB

Filipe Manuel Neto 7/10

Dec 17, 2023

**An unfairly forgotten film, quite emotional, that women will find very good and men may or may not like, depending on their tolerance for films with a greater sentimental charge.** Director Jon Avnet brings us a good film that reminds us of the value of good friendships and self-love. Intellige ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Jan 25, 2025

"Evelyn" (Kathy Bates) and her husband "Ed" (Gailard Sartain) are going through the motions in their marriage. They've long stopped making any effort for each other and she is a bit fed up. It's when she is visiting a friend at an old folk's home that she encounters the frail but spritely "Ninny" (J ... Read more